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14. The caramel tree

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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Why the Katsura tree smells of caramel and how analytical techniques have solved the problem of what is responsible for the smell.

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Botanic Garden Chemistry Audio Tour
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James McCullagh
Keywords
Katsura
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
gas chromatography
mass spectrometry
Department: Botanic Garden
Date Added: 18/10/2012
Duration: 00:02:55

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